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Apple ‘s ( AAPL ) iPhone shortfall could draw InvenSense ( INVN ) into the tornado late Monday when the sensor-chipmaker is expected to report its first-ever sales decline and its biggest earnings fall to date. InvenSense stock toppled 5.5% to 7, falling the most of IBD’s 41-company Electronic Semiconductor-Fabless industry group which was up a fraction on the stock market today . Fellow Apple suppliers Broadcom ( AVGO ) and Qualcomm ( QCOM ) stocks rose 1.2% and 0.1%, respectively, vs. flat shares of NXP Semiconductors ( NXPI ) and Cirrus Logic ( CRUS ). InvenSense follows radio-frequency supplier Qorvo ( QRVO ), which reported earnings last Wednesday. The consensus of 13 analysts polled by Thomson Reuters models $79.9 million in sales and 2 cents earnings per share ex items for InvenSense’s fiscal Q4. On a year-over-year basis, sales and EPS would be down 20% and 83%, respectively. It would be InvenSense’s fifth straight quarter of decelerating sales growth, and the first time the Apple supplier has seen sales fall vs. the year-earlier quarter. Earnings fell 14% last quarter. Three months ago, InvenSense guided to $77 million to $83 million in sales and 0-2 cents EPS ex items. During the January conference call, CFO Mark Dentinger noted a step-down at “the North American customer” — widely assumed to be Apple — and lighter sales in Korea. He expected Internet of Things sales to help fill those holes. On April 26, Apple reported its first-ever year-over-year iPhone sales decline and its first revenue drop since 2003. Teardowns show InvenSense supplies a gyroscope/accelerometer combination chip for the iPhone 6S. But InvenSense is forecast for 13% sales and 2% EPS growth in fiscal 2016 to $420.9 million and 47 cents, respectively, on healthier metrics earlier in the year. Apple shares rose 1% intraday after hitting a 2-year low on Friday. Scalper1 News
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